Joshua
Joshua 5
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Joshua 5 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the , which were the side of westward, and all the kings of the , which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of from before the children of , until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of . At that time the LORD said unto , Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of the second time. And made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of at the hill of the foreskins. And this is the cause why did circumcise: All the people that came out of , that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of . Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of , them they had not circumcised. For the children of walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of , were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. And the LORD said unto , This day have I rolled away the reproach of from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called unto this day. And the children of encamped in , and kept the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of . And they did eat of the old corn of the land the morrow after , unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. And the ceased the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the that year. And it came to pass, when was by , that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his drawn in his hand: and went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And fell his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto , Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And did so.